Brookings papers on education policy, 2001 /
Brookings papers on education policy, 2001 /
Papers on education policy
Diane Ravitch, editor ; sponsored by the Brown Center on Education Policy.
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001.
- [vi], 414 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contains edited versions of the papers and comments presented at the fourth annual Brookings conference on education policy, held May 15-16, 2000.
Introduction / Diane Ravitch -- Incentives and equity under standards-based reform / Julian R. Betts and Robert M. Costrell -- Why business backs education standards / Milton Goldberg and Susan L. Traiman -- State academic standards / Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Marci Kanstoroom -- Searching for indirect evidence for the effects of statewide reforms / David Grissmer and Ann Flanagan -- The controversy over the National Assessment Governing Board standards / Mark D. Reckase -- The role of end-of-course exams and minimum competency exams in standards-based reforms / John H. Bishop, Ferran Mane, Michael Bishop, and Joan Moriarty -- A diagnostic analysis of black-white GPA disparities in Shaker Heights, Ohio / Ronald F. Ferguson.
"This year's discussion focused on the status of standards-based reforms"--[iii].
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Education and state--United States--Congresses.
Education--Standards--United States--Congresses.
Educational change--United States--Congresses.
Educational tests and measurements--United States--Congresses.
Academic achievement--Evaluation--United States--Congresses.
Contains edited versions of the papers and comments presented at the fourth annual Brookings conference on education policy, held May 15-16, 2000.
Introduction / Diane Ravitch -- Incentives and equity under standards-based reform / Julian R. Betts and Robert M. Costrell -- Why business backs education standards / Milton Goldberg and Susan L. Traiman -- State academic standards / Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Marci Kanstoroom -- Searching for indirect evidence for the effects of statewide reforms / David Grissmer and Ann Flanagan -- The controversy over the National Assessment Governing Board standards / Mark D. Reckase -- The role of end-of-course exams and minimum competency exams in standards-based reforms / John H. Bishop, Ferran Mane, Michael Bishop, and Joan Moriarty -- A diagnostic analysis of black-white GPA disparities in Shaker Heights, Ohio / Ronald F. Ferguson.
"This year's discussion focused on the status of standards-based reforms"--[iii].
0815773498 : individuals $19.95; institutions $34.95
Education and state--United States--Congresses.
Education--Standards--United States--Congresses.
Educational change--United States--Congresses.
Educational tests and measurements--United States--Congresses.
Academic achievement--Evaluation--United States--Congresses.